Tag: street
WH Smith name to disappear from High Street after sale
The name WH Smith, a staple of UK town centres since the Victorian era when it became the country’s principal newspaper distributor, is set to disappear from the High Street after the firm agreed to sell its shops to Hobbycraft-owner Modella Capital. The sale does not include the WH Smith brand, its travel shops at…
City crews have begun painting over the ‘Black Lives Matter’ street mural in D.C.
By Ayana Archie Crews in Washington, D.C. have begun painting over the city’s “Black Lives Matter” street mural, a notable symbol of the 2020 protests against the killing of George Floyd, after a Republican bill targeting the mural threatened city funding. The phrase “Black Lives Matter” had been painted in June 2020 on the pavement…
Wall Street Journal editorial calls Trump tariffs ‘dumbest trade war in history’
Some US business leaders have reacted neutrally, while JP Morgan CEO says tariff threats can be used effectively US business leaders are offering a mixed reaction to steep trade tariffs that Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on Canada, Mexico and China, as the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal called it “the dumbest trade…
‘Everything is gone’ – Agony on a tight-knit LA street razed by inferno
Professional chef Daron Anderson always tells people he was “born in the kitchen” – quite literally. The 45-year-old was delivered by homebirth at 295 West Las Flores Drive, where he lived with his mother until this week. On Thursday, he stepped over charred debris where his kitchen once stood in Altadena, a tight-knit neighbourhood of…
Nigeria celebrates ‘Africa’s biggest street party’
Christmas revellers descended on Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar this weekend for its festive carnival dubbed “Africa’s biggest street party”. The glitzy parade had floats and dancers from many of Nigeria’s different ethnic groups taking part. A month of celebrations in December draws many partygoers to Calabar, the capital of Cross River state and…
People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment
People Living in Las Vegas’s Tunnels Urged to Get Medical Treatment Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’s drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment By Angela Hart &…
Hogmanay plans at risk as severe weather warning issued for Scotland
Preparations for new year’s street parties under way as Met Office warns of ‘significant disruption’ due to heavy rain on 30 and 31 December A severe weather warning is threatening to put a dampener on Hogmanay plans across Scotland as the nation braces for 48 hours of heavy rain. The Met Office has issued a…